Died in jail or a lockup
Mike Green
Mike Green, a Black man, was held in the jail at Upper Marlboro in Prince George's County, Maryland. According to the Alexandria Gazette, about fifty men broke in through the jail's back door early on Monday, September 2, 1878, after the sheriff had held them off for a time, and they took him from the jail. The men hanged him from a cherry tree about a mile from the village, and his body was left hanging over the road until late morning, when the sheriff took it down.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Alexandria Gazette reported that a mob broke into the Upper Marlboro jail, took Mike Green and hanged him from a cherry tree after the sheriff had held them off.
Reported by: Alexandria Gazette (reporters).